The wait at Burma Superstar in Oakland was over an hour on a Tuesday evening. Coupled with their prices, I can’t say the meal was worth it. But I’ve had Burmese food so few times in my life, so no regrets.
Platha & Dip, good except it was room temp. Finished the sauce later during the meal with rice.
Spicy Noodles (chicken), a comforting dish, nothing really popped out.
Traditional Burmese Hot Milk Tea, the condensed milk type thing wasn’t for me.
Thai Iced Tea was fine.
Samusa Salad, great. Like chaat meets Som Tum.
Garlic & Chili Shrimp, inedible. There must have been a mistake made in the kitchen. Tasted of burnt aromatics as well as misuse of spices.
Chicken with Fresh Mint, good. Reminded me of chicken with basil, the ground chicken version of that.
Yellow Bean Tofu, interesting. I tasted ginger. Not sure how I feel. We finished it. I think maybe it didn’t go well with the rest of the meal.
Coconut Rice, standout. I know it’s just rice, and it wasn’t technically flawless, but could not stop eating it.
Sadly, staff informed us the Tea Leaf Salad has been unavailable for many months.
